Poetry of the Earth. Mapuche Trilingual Anthology

250 Pages·2014·3.79 MB·English

by  Jaime Luis Huenún Villa

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Interactive Press
Cover art: Eduardo Rapimán Marín
Cover design: David P Reiter
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Poetry of the Earth:
Trilingual Mapuche Anthology
Edited by Jaime Luis Huenún Villa

Spanish into Mapudungun Translation by
Víctor Cifuentes Palacios
Spanish into English Translation by
Juan Garrido Salgado, Steve Brock and Sergio Holas
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First published by IP, 2014
© Jaime Luis Huenún Villa and IP, 2014
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Printed in 12 pt Cochin on Charlemagne Std 12pt.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Title: Poetry of the Earth: trilingual Mapuche anthology / Jaime
Luis Huenún Villa (editor) ; Mapudungun translator, Víctor Cifuentes
Palacios ; translation into English, Juan Garrido Salgado, Steve Brock and
Sergio Holas ; contributors, Bernardo Colipán, Maribel Mora Curriao,
Omar Huenuqueo Huaiquinao, Paulo Huirimilla, María Isabel Lara
Millapán, Roxana Miranda Rupailaf, Jaime Luis Huenún Villa.
ISBN: 9781922120175 (paperback)
Subjects: Mapuche poetry.
Dewey Number: 898.72
Acknowledgements
Cover Art: Eduardo Rapimán Marín, Niña y Tierra (acrílico
sobre tela, 2003)
Book design: David P Reiter
Thank you to Graham Rowlands for revising the English versions
of the poems, and to Luis González Serrano for his comments on
the translations from Spanish to English. Thank you also to Chris
Ingleton and Geoff Goodfellow for reading the manuscript and
providing editorial advice.
A special thank you to David Reiter for editorial advice and taking
on this brave publishing venture.
For first publication of English translations in this anthology,
grateful acknowledgement is made to Cordite, Famous Reporter and
Rabbit.
Contents
Acknowledgements iii
Foreword x
The Mapuche Nation and its Poetry xii
El arte de la palabra/The art of the word xv
Bernardo Colipán 3
Kawellu mu ütrünarün wümaw mu chumül pun 5
Del caballo caí al suelo la otra noche 6
I Fell from My Horse the Other Night 7
Pulotre 1916 8
Pulotre 1916 9
Pulotre 1916 10
Sechuan reke konün-ngelay Pangimapu rüpü 11
Difícil como el de Sechuán es el camino a Panguimapu 12
The Road to Panguimapu is as Difficult as the Way
to Szechuan 13
Fey kiñe antü pu chewke reke pewmayiñ... 14
Y también un día como las garzas soñamos... 15
One Day We Dream as Herons Do... 16
Kurüñamku malon 17
Malón de Kuriñamko 18
Kuriñamko Raid 19
Likan Amaru tañi wefün 20
Aparición de Likán Amaru 21
Apparition of Likán Amaru 22
Kiñe kallfü wenu ñi furi püle trayaytükupuay
ñi rakizuam 23
Detrás de un cielo azul irá a golpear mi pensamiento 24
My thoughts will knock behind a blue sky 25
Wüñomen wümke 26
Arco del retorno 27
Arc of Return 28
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Maribel Mora Curriao 29
Llagkülewey pu ülkantun 31
Atrás quedaron los cantos 33
Our songs remained behind 35
Üyechi pülom mew ta pewman 37
Sueños en el valle 39
Dreams in the alley 41
Tañi ñuke ülkantulelal 43
Canto a mi madre 45
Song for My Mother 48
Narantüyman lewfü mew 50
Atardecer en el río 51
Dusk on the River 52
Lingafnag wechukey yómpewe ñi waychüf püle 53
El amanecer ocurre tras los cristales 54
Dawn Behind the Windows 55
Shumshúmnag mew 56
En la penumbra 57
In the Shadows 58
Chemkün mapu 59
Paisaje 60
Landscape 61
Perimontun 62
Perrimontun 63
Perrimontun 64
Lemawün 65
Huida 67
Flight 69
Tuwin malen 71
Tuwin malen 73
Tuwin malen 75
Wezake pewma 77
Malos sueños 80
Bad Dreams 83
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Paulo Huirimilla 87
Weychafe ül 89
Canto de guerrero 91
Warrior Song 93
Wüñoy tripantü 95
Wiñoi tripantü 96
Wiñoi tripantü 98
Kollong pürun 100
Kollon pürrun 101
Kollon pürrun 102
Wenteyao ñi peñi tañi itro lig kawell 103
Caballo blanco del hermano de Huenteyao 104
Brother Huenteyao’s White Horse 105
Amun tañi kuku em ñi elüwün mew 106
Asisto al entierro de mi abuela paterna 107
I Attend the Burial of My Paternal Grandmother 108
Üngümkünefun ñi akuael kiñe fütra püllü 109
Espero la llegada de un gran espíritu 110
I Await the Arrival of a Great Spirit 111
Payne traytrayko ñi wüyülche 112
El navegante de la cascada celeste 113
Navigator of the Celestial Waterfall 114
Roxana Miranda Rupailaf 115
Akukayealu nga troy züngu 117
Se cumple la profecía 118
The Prophecy is Fulfilled 119
Mürwen 120
Pareja 121
Partner 122
Iñche yafkafe 123
Yo pecadora 124
I, Sinner 125
Karü 126
Verde 127
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Green 128
Pu llampüzkeñ kawellutunefingün kiñe peshkiñ… 129
Las mariposas cabalgan una flor… 130
Butterflies Ride a Flower... 131
Üngümnefel tañi ayün 132
Esperando al amante 133
Waiting for My Lover 134
Jaime Luis Huenún Villa 139
Rauquemo piwkan 141
Cisnes de Rauquemó 143
Rauquemó Swans 145
Anahí ta werkülelngel züngu 147
Envío a Anahí 148
Letter for Anahí 149
Pürun 150
Purrún 151
Purrún 152
Víctor Llanquilef ngollilen rültrenefi chi tangi
pu wampu lewfü püle 153
Víctor Llanquilef empuja el bote ebrio al río
de las canoas 154
Víctor Llanquilef Launches the Drunken Boat
into the River of Canoes 155
José María Huaiquipán awüyawi üyüw wenu lewfü püle 156
José María Huaiquipán cabalga en círculos sobre
el río de los cielos 157
José María Huaiquipán Rides in Circles over the River
of the Skies 158
Eluwün 159
Entierros 161
Burials 163
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María Isabel Lara Millapán 165
Mangin 167
Mangin 168
Mangin 169
Relmu 170
Relmu 171
Relmu 172
Pewma 173
Pewma 174
Pewma 175
Kintu 176
Kintu 177
Kintu 178
Inche tañi pewma 179
Foye mío 180
My Foye 181
Kom pewma mew 182
En todos los sueños 183
In all the Dreams 184
Aliwen 185
Aliwen 186
Aliwen 187
Pewmapen 188
He soñado 189
I Have Dreamt 190
Pewküleayu 191
Pewküleayu 192
Pewküleayu 193
Omar Huenuqueo Huaiquinao 195
Chi ayüw 197
La alegría 198
Happiness 199
Ñochi felen 200
Paciencia 201
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Patience 202
Allush kürüf 203
La brisa 204
Breeze 205
Kürew 206
Tórdo 207
Thrush 208
Maykoño 209
Tórtola 210
Turtledove 211
Kiñe püchü wentxu inanefilu ñi pewma 212
Un niño en la senda de su sueño 213
A Child in the Path of his Dream 214
Aftükun 215
Abandono 216
Abandonment 217
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